my full 2025 #NJDevils#NHLDraft review including profiles on all of: Fondrk, Kevan, Moe, Bennett, Hillström, Rozsíval, and Holmgren. major change up in draft philosophy this year, and i love it. lets keep going for upside swings (and some centers) in 2026
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@jp_gambatese thats not unfair to critique, and you can probably dock him for some of his pass attempts too, but i think thats just a hyper confident, hyper talented player pushing his limits knowing he can make ppl miss. its certainly not cullen level bad at least lol
@jp_gambatese wouldnt have guessed you liked him lol but ya hes sweet. day 1 pick for me, though, i think he goes closer to 12 than 44
as an aside, will you eventually be covering klepov and suvanto for 12OA? i think theyre well in the discussion
@jp_gambatese good player. compete speaks for itself but i really appreciate his ability to make quick reads and slip pucks off in small pockets of space. helps mitigate the tool disadvantage
@JordanBroo67212@MrWhite1079 we had (and continue to have) a more pressing need for centers and passed on helenius, who i had ranked higher, so i dont know about the need part. it was a luxury pick on a rare profile. regardless, ppl can have their preferences, my beef is with the ones who think he sucks
@JamesNicholsNHL not to say there arent valid complaints to be had about his game, but the rhetoric around silayev is a litmus test for who follows prospects and who follows eliteprospect pages
@MrWhite1079 i swear half these ppl dont even have an opinion and just use him as a vessel to shit on tom/his body of work instead. like, that guy was an incompetent buffoon but it doesnt make silayev any less of a top end play stopper. ppl really convincing themselves hes not gonna play lmao
@daniel_amoia now that hes with the team can you use your connections to get his name spelled correctly on our youtube page lol this is a pretty rough look
@MrWhite1079@snackpackG@NJDevils for sure. glad we got a jump on swapping mackinnon for birch to hopefully get things going in that regard. silayev feels like the type who could potentially force a midseason call up and/or steal a job as an injury replacement. i wonder how long hes down there
@MrWhite1079@snackpackG@NJDevils utica is my guess as well, esp with where the rosters at. see how the puck game looks over here, give him a bigger role than this new torpedo coach did. exciting stuff. better prospect than a lot of ppl on here give him credit for (granted not like most of them watch him lol)